Unicorn – Too Many Crooks(1976)

Biography
The band was initially formed in 1963 when Pat Martin met Ken Baker. Pete Perryer, a schoolmate of Ken, and Pat’s oldest friend, introduced the two at St. Bedes school in Send. (St. Bedes was the secondary school attended by Eric Clapton who is a distant relation of Pat.) Ken Baker was having guitar lessons, and as the school summer holidays were coming up he invited Pat to his parent’s house near Ripley, Surrey (were Eric Clapton lived) to have a jam. This became a regular thing as Pat rode the five miles from Send to Ockham on his bike with his guitar. Ken had an amplifier that his uncle had made, and they both plugged into it. Pat with his first electric guitar, a Vox Stroller (a Stratocaster copy), and Ken with his Rosseti Lucky Seven. They both loved the Beatles and the Hollies, but to play those songs they needed to learn more than just the three chords that they knew at the time. http://www.unicornmusic.net 

Album & Cover

Cover Location: 
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell
Label: Capitol ST-11453(US), Harvest SHSP4054(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell

Tracklist

Credits
Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals – Pat Martin
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Pete Perrier
Engineer – Rufus Cartwright
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Ken Baker
Guitar, Slide Guitar – Kevin Smith
Keyboards – Chris Pidgeon (tracks: A3, B4)
Producer – David Gilmour

Notes
Cardboard inner sleeve with band photos.